Belt-support.



v ATENTED OCT. 25, 1904. J. D. GUNN.

BELT SUPPURT.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.'I, 1903.

NU MODEL.

UNTTED STATES Patented October 25, 1904 JAMES DANIEL GUNN, OF THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.

BELT-SUPPORT.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,254, dated October 25, 1904.

Application iiled December '7, 1903. Serial No. 184,168. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES DANIEL GUNN, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Belt-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for detachably and adjustably supporting belts upon garments, more particularly the belts Worn in warm weather, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed and easily applied and adjusted device of this character capable of attachment to any style or make of garment and readily adaptable to any size or form of belt; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention,in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device applied. Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, of the improved device, enlarged. Fig. 4 represents front views of the tongued plate, the supplementary closure plate, and the spring' detached and inverted. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the supplemental plate detached.

The improved device comprises two plates l() 11, having at one end lateral spurs 12 13 and provided near their other ends with lateral ears 14 15, providing a support for the pivot-pin 16, by which the plates are hinged together, as shown. Coiled about the pivotpin between the ears 14 15 is a spring 17, with its ends 18 19 extended, respectively, into engagement with the inner surfacesof the plates l() ll, and thus exerting its force to maintain the spurred ends Vof the plates in yieldable engagement.

Formed integral with the plate 11 is a tongue 20 for bending longitudinally of and spaced from the outer face of the plate and provided with spaced apertures 21, as shown. The formation of the tongue 20 causes a recess in the extremity of the plate 10, and to cover this recess a supplemental plate 22 is provided and formed with a plurality of spaced clefts, whereby three tongues 23, 24, and 25 are formed, the central tongue 24 bent laterally from the plate behind the spring 17 to prevent the plate being withdrawn longitudinally and the tongues 23 25 folded over to engage the adjacent portions of the plate Il. By this simple means the supplemental plate is connected to the clamp-plate 11 and not .only covers the recess formed by the bending of the tongue 2O into position relative to the plate 11, but likewise provides a thumb or finger grip corresponding to the adjacent end of the clamp-plate l0, as shown. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that by pinching the shorter end of the plate 10 and the supplemental plate 22 together the spurredends of the plates will be distended to enable them to be placed over the waistband of the trousers or other garment, (represented at 32,) and when the plates are released the reaction of the spring will hold them forcibly in position.

Slidably disposed upon the tongue 20, as by clips 26 27, is a bar. 28, having its terminal turned into a reversed hook 29 and extending between the tongue 2O and plate l1, as shown. The bar 28 is provided with a spring-catch 30 for yieldable engagement with the apertures 21 in the tongue 20, by which means the bar may be adjusted upon the tongue and held at any desired point thereon. By this simple arrangementa belt, as at 31, of any width may be supplied with one or more of the improved devices by inserting the belt between the tongue 20 and ter adjusted to correspond to the width of the belt and the clamp-plates l0 1l distended for engagement with the waistband of the trousers or other garment and the belt thereby supported inV position.

The improved devices will generally occupy the position and perform the same function as the fabric loops usually employed upon trousers for supporting belts; but any number may be employed and located at any desired point upon the garment.

The material employed for the device will be sheet metal of suitable gage to enable .the hooked end 29 of the bar 28 and the `lat- IOO them to withstand the strains to which they will be subjected and may be formed in any fanciful or ornamental shape desired. They maybe plated or otherwise ornamented or protected and may be modified in minor particulars without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any ot' its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is-- l. A belt holder comprising' two plates yieldably connected at one end and with their Jfree ends provided with inwardly-extending' spurs, one of said plates having' a longitudinally-extending' tongue spaced therefrom, a bar slidable upon said tongue and terminating' in a reversely-extending hook, and means for adjustably connecting said hooked bar to said tongue.

2. A belt holder comprising' two plates yieldably connected at one end and with their free ends provided with inwardly-extending spurs, one of said plates having a longitudinally-extending tongue spaced therefrom and provided with a plurality of spaced longitudinally-disposed apertures, a bar slidahle upon said tong'ue and terminating' in a reverselyextending' hook, and a spring-operated catch upon said bar for detachable eng'ag'ement with the apertures in said tongue.

3. A belt-holder com prising two plates having' inwardly-extending transverse spurs at one end and with integral intereng'aging ears extending laterally near their other ends for the pivot-pin, a spring operating' to maintain the spurred ends of said plates in yieldable engagement, one of said plates having an integral tongue extending' longitudinally thereof and spaced therefrom, a bar slidable upon said tongue and terminating in a reverselyextending' hook, and means for adjustably connecting said hooked bar to said tongue.

4. A belt-holder comprising' two plates having' inwardly-cxtending' transverse spurs at one end and with integral interengaging ears extending laterally near their other ends for the pivot-pin, a spring' operating' to maintain the spurred ends o't' said plates in yieldable enga-gement, one of said plates having' an integral tongue extending' longitudinally thereof and spaced therefrom, a bar slidable upon said tongue and terminating in a reverselyextending' hook, means for adjustably connecting said hooked bar to said tongue, and a plate detachably connected to the plate having the tongue to form a closure to the cavity formed by the removal of the tongue portion.

5. A belt-holder comprising' two plates having' inwardly-extending' transverse spurs at one end and with integral intereng'aging ears extending' laterally near their other ends 'For the pivot-pin, a spring' coiled about said pivot between said ears and exerting' its force to maintain the spurred ends of said plates in yieldable engagement, one of said plateshaving an integral tongue extending longitudinally thereof and spaced therefrom, a supplemental plate having an integral tongue extending' between said spring' and the spurred end of said plates and integral clips eng'ag'ing said tongued plate, said supplemental plate 'forming' a closure to the cavity formed by the removal oi' the tongue, a bar slidable upon said tongue and terminating in a reversely extending hook, and means for adjustably connecting said hooked bar to said tongue.

ln testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES DANIEL GUNN.

lVitnesses:

H. Wiss, T. J. LIVINGSTON. 

